The countdown to Florida State's season is heading into its final stretch.

The Seminoles are less than one month away from the start of fall camp with FSU head coach Willie Taggart attempting to lead the program back into the national spotlight.

Taggart is going to have his hands full this season with a brutal schedule that is ranked as one of the Top-3 toughest schedules in college football by nearly every pundit.

If the Seminoles are going to be successful the players are going to have to step up and deliver.

Democrat sports writers Wayne McGahee III and Curt Weiler continue their countdown of the 30 most important players on FSU's roster for the 2018 season at No. 21.

Wayne - Sophomore safety Hamsah Nasirildeen

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FSU’s Hamsah Nasirildeen looks to the referee after nearly intercepting a pass during the Seminoles’ Garnet and Gold Spring Game at Doak Campbell Stadium on Saturday, April 14, 2018(Photo: Joe Rondone/Democrat)

Nasirildeen arrived at FSU with high expectations as a four-star recruit out of Concord, North Carolina after flipping to the Seminoles from South Carolina in the lead up to National Signing Day.

He immediately started to live up to those expectations playing in his first game as a Seminole against eventual National Champion Alabama. He was the first true freshman to see the field.

Nasirildeen is a physical freak at 6-foot-4, 211 pounds. He is built like a linebacker but moves like a safety.

There were questions about whether he would grow out of the safety position and become a linebacker during his time at FSU, but he has squashed those questions with his play on the field and in practice.

He played in all 13 games for the Seminoles as a true freshman despite not early enrolling and finished the year with 29 tackles and three pass break-ups.

FSU lost four safeties to graduation or the NFL after the 2017 season so there’s plenty of playing time to go around, and Nasirildeen made sure that he will get a big chunk of it with his play in the spring.

His combination of size, speed, and athleticism jumped out to the new FSU coaching staff immediately.

Sophomore Cyrus Fagan, senior A.J. Westbrook, and freshman Jaiden Woodbey are competing with Nasirildeen for the starting safety positions, but Nasirildeen likely has the upper hand on the strong safety position in the fall with Fagan and Westbrook competing at free safety and Woodbey working at the star position.

Nasirildeen will be a big piece to the defensive puzzle for the Seminoles for at least the next two years, and should have a large impact on how this season turns out.